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HP Pavilion possible memory issue?

microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation setup

Ok, 3yrs ago I bought a HP dv9000. It came with XP but had many problems
with the power supply, memory and DVD drive. The 3rd or 4th time it went
back to the factory I got it replaced with a new dv9420us with vista64. It
also had problems from the get go. Well, my warranty finally ran out and the
prob. just got worse, BSOD on wake, BSOD when using the TV tuner, simply
shutting off suddenly. Went to Win7 rc1. Tuner still BSOD, just plain slow
and my anti-virus scans would simply shut off the whole power. Last night I
ran a virus scan from a Linux boot disk, same sudden loss of power. Then a
windows mem test, again, just died, like unplugged. So, I thought maybe
memory? Took out one mem chip and BOOM, Everything works!!!!

I don't think it's the chip but I will check today by swapping the one still
in there with the one taken out. Also, maybe having them checked at the
shop.

My question is this. Could this be a Vista/7 prob. or a design defect in
this model?
Is anyone else with the same dv9000 series having similar issues?
Is there a bios setting to salve this?

"Anthony" <amw4223-news@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:C9BCE0F7-04E6-42F6-BAD7-40FDF2F2C94B@microsoft.com:
> Ok, 3yrs ago I bought a HP dv9000. It came with XP but had many
> problems with the power supply, memory and DVD drive. The 3rd or 4th
> time it went back to the factory I got it replaced with a new dv9420us

<SNIP>
>
> I don't think it's the chip

Why not ? HP probably uses the cheapest components they can get.
> but I will check today by swapping the one
> still in there with the one taken out.
> Also, maybe having them checked
> at the shop.
>
> My question is this. Could this be a Vista/7 prob. or a design defect
> in this model?
> Is anyone else with the same dv9000 series having similar issues?
> Is there a bios setting to salve this?
>
> I would like to have my memory back, I'm down to 1G now.

Please do not cross post!
I would normally suggest booting up with Ubuntu as a test for hardware
issues. Since you booted up with linux to test (excellent) and had
problems, it's obviously not an operating system problem. This is going
to be a process of elimination. Borrow a video card and test this. Buy
one or two sticks (depending if you need paired) of the cheapest memory
to test if this is an issue. See if you can borrow a ps to test. It's
going to take time and patience, but eventually you will pinpoint the
hardware problem.
Good luck!

--
lemur

::If *ANYONE* in this forum helps you, please click on
their *REP* icon. Thanks! (the middle scale icon in the upper right
corner)::

"Anthony" <amw4223-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:C9BCE0F7-04E6-42F6-BAD7-40FDF2F2C94B@microsoft.com...
> Ok, 3yrs ago I bought a HP dv9000. It came with XP but had many problems
> with the power supply, memory and DVD drive. The 3rd or 4th time it went
> back to the factory I got it replaced with a new dv9420us with vista64. It
> also had problems from the get go. Well, my warranty finally ran out and
> the prob. just got worse, BSOD on wake, BSOD when using the TV tuner,
> simply shutting off suddenly. Went to Win7 rc1. Tuner still BSOD, just
> plain slow and my anti-virus scans would simply shut off the whole power.
> Last night I ran a virus scan from a Linux boot disk, same sudden loss of
> power. Then a windows mem test, again, just died, like unplugged. So, I
> thought maybe memory? Took out one mem chip and BOOM, Everything works!!!!
>
> I don't think it's the chip but I will check today by swapping the one
> still in there with the one taken out. Also, maybe having them checked at
> the shop.
>
> My question is this. Could this be a Vista/7 prob. or a design defect in
> this model?
> Is anyone else with the same dv9000 series having similar issues?
> Is there a bios setting to salve this?
>
> I would like to have my memory back, I'm down to 1G now.
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks.

This may not be what is wrong with your laptop, but something that you might
want to bear in mind..

The HP DV9000 was the subject of a recall (bad motherboard which lead to a
few faults developing over time) back in 2007 and, to that end, HP extended
the warranty by two years. It ran out Feb 2009.

Anthony wrote:
> Ok, 3yrs ago I bought a HP dv9000. It came with XP but had many problems
> with the power supply, memory and DVD drive. The 3rd or 4th time it went
> back to the factory I got it replaced with a new dv9420us with vista64.
> It also had problems from the get go. Well, my warranty finally ran out
> and the prob. just got worse, BSOD on wake, BSOD when using the TV
> tuner, simply shutting off suddenly. Went to Win7 rc1. Tuner still BSOD,
> just plain slow and my anti-virus scans would simply shut off the whole
> power. Last night I ran a virus scan from a Linux boot disk, same sudden
> loss of power. Then a windows mem test, again, just died, like
> unplugged. So, I thought maybe memory? Took out one mem chip and BOOM,
> Everything works!!!!
>
> I don't think it's the chip but I will check today by swapping the one
> still in there with the one taken out. Also, maybe having them checked
> at the shop.
>
> My question is this. Could this be a Vista/7 prob. or a design defect in
> this model?
> Is anyone else with the same dv9000 series having similar issues?
> Is there a bios setting to salve this?
>
> I would like to have my memory back, I'm down to 1G now.
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks.

My HP dv9000 has croaked twice, each time under extended warranty the
same thing MB went out. I get the lemon law the next time this thing
goes. I'll never buy HP again.

I would do the other things you suggested but it is a laptop. Not sure where
to go from here.

Also, I do not use UseNet much but I think I multi posted not cross post
I have been told there is a difference but may have done it wrong?

"lemur" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:d85a276dbb2b9418e6be3ff04e93c001@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> Please do not cross post!
> I would normally suggest booting up with Ubuntu as a test for hardware
> issues. Since you booted up with linux to test (excellent) and had
> problems, it's obviously not an operating system problem. This is going
> to be a process of elimination. Borrow a video card and test this. Buy
> one or two sticks (depending if you need paired) of the cheapest memory
> to test if this is an issue. See if you can borrow a ps to test. It's
> going to take time and patience, but eventually you will pinpoint the
> hardware problem.
> Good luck!
>
>
> --
> lemur
>
> ::If *ANYONE* in this forum helps you, please click on
> their *REP* icon. Thanks! (the middle scale icon in the upper right
> corner)::

Anthony,
Either memory chip or memory socket.
One of them is bad for sure.
Other thing that comes to my mind is that both memory chips are not equal,
i.e., different manufacturer, different timings, etc.
That could also be causing issues by unproper detection in BIOS of memory
parameters.
Carlos

"Anthony" wrote:
> Ok, 3yrs ago I bought a HP dv9000. It came with XP but had many problems
> with the power supply, memory and DVD drive. The 3rd or 4th time it went
> back to the factory I got it replaced with a new dv9420us with vista64. It
> also had problems from the get go. Well, my warranty finally ran out and the
> prob. just got worse, BSOD on wake, BSOD when using the TV tuner, simply
> shutting off suddenly. Went to Win7 rc1. Tuner still BSOD, just plain slow
> and my anti-virus scans would simply shut off the whole power. Last night I
> ran a virus scan from a Linux boot disk, same sudden loss of power. Then a
> windows mem test, again, just died, like unplugged. So, I thought maybe
> memory? Took out one mem chip and BOOM, Everything works!!!!
>
> I don't think it's the chip but I will check today by swapping the one still
> in there with the one taken out. Also, maybe having them checked at the
> shop.
>
> My question is this. Could this be a Vista/7 prob. or a design defect in
> this model?
> Is anyone else with the same dv9000 series having similar issues?
> Is there a bios setting to salve this?
>
> I would like to have my memory back, I'm down to 1G now.
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks.
>

Very good point since when Vista boots it checks the memory and if it all is
not running at the same speed it will not run.

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E957D3D0-3A23-42FF-8010-AB992A3552F6@microsoft.com...
> Anthony,
> Either memory chip or memory socket.
> One of them is bad for sure.
> Other thing that comes to my mind is that both memory chips are not equal,
> i.e., different manufacturer, different timings, etc.
> That could also be causing issues by unproper detection in BIOS of memory
> parameters.
> Carlos
>
> "Anthony" wrote:
>
>> Ok, 3yrs ago I bought a HP dv9000. It came with XP but had many problems
>> with the power supply, memory and DVD drive. The 3rd or 4th time it went
>> back to the factory I got it replaced with a new dv9420us with vista64.
>> It
>> also had problems from the get go. Well, my warranty finally ran out and
>> the
>> prob. just got worse, BSOD on wake, BSOD when using the TV tuner, simply
>> shutting off suddenly. Went to Win7 rc1. Tuner still BSOD, just plain
>> slow
>> and my anti-virus scans would simply shut off the whole power. Last night
>> I
>> ran a virus scan from a Linux boot disk, same sudden loss of power. Then
>> a
>> windows mem test, again, just died, like unplugged. So, I thought maybe
>> memory? Took out one mem chip and BOOM, Everything works!!!!
>>
>> I don't think it's the chip but I will check today by swapping the one
>> still
>> in there with the one taken out. Also, maybe having them checked at the
>> shop.
>>
>> My question is this. Could this be a Vista/7 prob. or a design defect in
>> this model?
>> Is anyone else with the same dv9000 series having similar issues?
>> Is there a bios setting to salve this?
>>
>> I would like to have my memory back, I'm down to 1G now.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated, thanks.
>>

Last year, my home-built AMD X64 rig started having serious random problems.
The 4x1 GB OCZ DDR2 PC6400 sticks passed all the tests, but I still got
BSODs and other serious problems when I installed all 4 sticks. Two sticks
had been installed when I built the system; two identical sticks (all from
NewEgg; all the tiny numbers on the sticks matched) were added a year later.
My local shop was suspicious of one of the newer sticks, even though it
passed all tests, and suggested I run without it. After several months of
no problems with 3 GB, I contacted OCZ for an RMA. The OCZ tech insisted I
send back BOTH of the newest pair. He said that was necessary to be SURE I
got a matched pair. The two new sticks have performed flawlessly for about
10 months now. I was running Vista Ultimate x64 when the problem started
and gradually switched to Win7 during this period, starting with the
pre-beta a year ago.

"Anthony" <amw4223-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:C9BCE0F7-04E6-42F6-BAD7-40FDF2F2C94B@microsoft.com...
> Ok, 3yrs ago I bought a HP dv9000. It came with XP but had many problems
> with the power supply, memory and DVD drive. The 3rd or 4th time it went
> back to the factory I got it replaced with a new dv9420us with vista64. It
> also had problems from the get go. Well, my warranty finally ran out and
> the prob. just got worse, BSOD on wake, BSOD when using the TV tuner,
> simply shutting off suddenly. Went to Win7 rc1. Tuner still BSOD, just
> plain slow and my anti-virus scans would simply shut off the whole power.
> Last night I ran a virus scan from a Linux boot disk, same sudden loss of
> power. Then a windows mem test, again, just died, like unplugged. So, I
> thought maybe memory? Took out one mem chip and BOOM, Everything works!!!!
>
> I don't think it's the chip but I will check today by swapping the one
> still in there with the one taken out. Also, maybe having them checked at
> the shop.
>
> My question is this. Could this be a Vista/7 prob. or a design defect in
> this model?
> Is anyone else with the same dv9000 series having similar issues?
> Is there a bios setting to salve this?
>
> I would like to have my memory back, I'm down to 1G now.
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Hi, Anthony.
> Also, I do not use UseNet much but I think I multi posted not cross post
>
> I have been told there is a difference but may have done it wrong?

Multipost is when you post a message to one newsgroup, then you go to a
different newsgroup and post the same or a similar message. That's what you
did this time. (And we hate that...read on...)

On those RARE occasions when you MUST post the same message on multiple
newsgroups, please crosspost. To do that, just compose your ONE message.
Then, in the Newsgroups (address) box, put ALL the newsgroups there,
separated by semi-colons. That same message will then appear in all those
NGs; you won't have to go to each one and post it again. When I read it in
one NG, it will be marked "Read" - for me - in all those NGs and I won't
read it again, over and over, as I go to the other NGs.

The payoff for you in crossposting is that all the replies from ALL the
newsgroups will appear as a single coherent thread in each NG, so you won't
have to go NG-hopping to find them all.

It's a simple idea, really, but you are NOT the first to have a problem with
it. :^}

"Anthony" <amw4223-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8A80AE45-2DD5-4DBA-AB19-10DB9A8F4D9E@microsoft.com...
> I would do the other things you suggested but it is a laptop. Not sure
> where to go from here.
>
> Also, I do not use UseNet much but I think I multi posted not cross post
>
> I have been told there is a difference but may have done it wrong?
>
>
> "lemur" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
> news:d85a276dbb2b9418e6be3ff04e93c001@nntp-gateway.com...
>>
>> Please do not cross post!
>> I would normally suggest booting up with Ubuntu as a test for hardware
>> issues. Since you booted up with linux to test (excellent) and had
>> problems, it's obviously not an operating system problem. This is going
>> to be a process of elimination. Borrow a video card and test this. Buy
>> one or two sticks (depending if you need paired) of the cheapest memory
>> to test if this is an issue. See if you can borrow a ps to test. It's
>> going to take time and patience, but eventually you will pinpoint the
>> hardware problem.
>> Good luck!
>>
>>
>> --
>> lemur